Ferrotype card-mount



NITED STATES JOHN n. nANiELs, or E TON, MASSA() HUSETTS.

FERROTYPE CARD-MOUNT.

rSpecification forming part of Iietters Patent No. t13,*76I, datedAugust 9, 1864.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN II. DANIELS, ot' Boston, in the count-y ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Card-Mounts for Ferrotypes or Metallic or other PlatePictures 5 and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figures 1,2, and 3 are respectively front elevation,side view, and plan (seen from underneath) of a tool or instrument usedin the production of my improved card-mount, a perspective view of whichis represented in Fig. 4.

(lard-mounts as heretofore most generally constructed, whether intendedfor ferrotypes or other photographic cards, consisted of two sheets ofpaper, the one comparatively thick and stift', perforated in the centeror thereabouts, so as to form aframe surrounding the card or plate to bemounted 5 the other comparatively thin, also perforated in the center orthereabouts. The perforation or opening, however, is smaller and more orless ornamented, so that when the two papers are pasted together theformer will form with the latter a recess in which the card or plate tobe mounted is placed, while the latter will retain and suitably framethe card or plate. When the card is thus mounted, it is permanentlysecured by means of a leaf pasted or otherwise attached to the back ofthe mount. There are some objections to this mode of mounting y cardsorplates, of which I would mention, first,

the cost of producin gthe cardmount, involving separate operations ofcutting the holes -or perforations in the two sheets composing the same,adjusting and pasting of the two together, and time required to dry andtrim the same; second, the unpleasant effect produced by edge of thestiff paper being distinctly marked on the thin paper or face ofthemount. 5 third, the liability ofthe lace or thin and frail paper totear, and of becoming detached from its support.

In my improved card or plate mount, I have overcome these objections inthe manner as follows: I use card-paper or paper of the required sizefor the mount, and of a thickness equal or slightly exceeding that ofthe plaie or card to be mounted. In this I cut or punch a hole, a.,which is the frame opening or aperture', with atool represented in Figs.l, 2, and 3. The tool is composed of three parts, first, a punch, p, ofa sectional form, equal to the intended opening orframe in the card. Inthis caseit is shown to be oval. Second, ashoulder or embossing stamp,s, whose lower face is equal to the area of the recessed part of themount, and which in this case is quadrangular; and, third, a shank, m,whereby it may be attached by means of a pin or other holding devicepassing through the hole nin a socket of a lever-press or othermechanism for operating the punch and stamp. The paper is laid on a dieor support perforated correspondingly to the punch, so that an ovalpiece shall be cut clean and sharp out of the paper. The die may berecessed in conformity with the embossing-stamp s,- butl this is notabsolutely necessary.

The eifect of stamping and punching the paper by means of the instrumentdescribed will be the simultaneous production in the mount of theframing-aperture in front and the recess in rear.

The paper may be ornamented by design printed on the face thereof andsurrounding the edge of the opening, or by relief impression. The lattermay be produced at one op eration with the recessing and punching byengraving the die.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as a new article ofmanufacture- 1. A plate or card mount made of a single sheet of paper,recessed 'for the reception of the card or plate, and perforated so asto frame the same in the manner substantially as herein set forth.

2. The method herein described of cutting and recessing plate or cardmounts at one operation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification beforetwo subscrib` ing witnesses.

JOHN H. DANIELS.

Witnesses:

Enwn. E. TURNER, WILLIAM H. GABROW, Jr.

